Crazy Taff McViolent

Right you lot. What the hell is going on here? Firstly, 80's rock. A-ha, Take on me? Huey Lewis and the News, The Power of Love? Thats right, off Back to the Future. That Simple Minds song off The Breakfast Club? Good. I'm glad you all agree and I hope I've proved my point. Thirdly, I am still none the wiser as to what a "Taffy" is. Thank you for the candy answer though, I would never have thought of that one! I'm sure that in everybodys favourite song (you know you all love it secretly), the genius lyrics say something along the lines of "Shake that Laffy Taffy" in the style of an arse. That is to say they are referring to a "Taffy" as some sort of booty. So, to sum up, in America, is a "Taffy" an arse? And not someone from Wales, as it means in Blighty?

Word up Rudeboys and Rudegirls! Badness! Anyway, enough of the pleasantries and on with business! Firstly, hello fans, and I'm sorry for being away for so long. You can all relax now and remember just how much you all really like me. I'm not doing myself any favours here, am I? Anyway, lets focus on the subject at hand. I have the worlds most intensely serious question ever. And it goes a little something like this.... Personally, I think most of you lot are American. You know, in general. And you lot have probably guessed that I'm a stuck up little English oik. I drink tea and have a posh accent. Where is this all leading, I hear you cry. Well, although we speak the same language, there are certain things that get lost in translation. There are loads of examples, but I cant think of any. Ooh! Except one! Is it true that in America you have "Fanny bags"? Or fanny pouch? Or something like that? Here in Blighty, that is incredibly rude and funny. A "fanny" is a ladys you know what. We call them Bum bags, which isnt all that much better. ANYWAY, stop trying to distract me. I have heard a song which is called, and they sing it in the song... "LAFFY TAFFY". Do you know it? Good. Right, first things first. The River Taff runs through Wales somewhere. Here in Blighty people from Wales are nicknamed "Taffy". Taffy. - Welsh person. I am not actually from Wales but wish I was cos they're hilarious. Stupid but brilliant accents. Hence why I have included "Taff" in my namey thing. Which ultimately, leads me to my crowning glory. Is the song "Laffy Taffy" about a jovial welshman, or is there something more sinister to it, perhaps describing something entirely different to what we, here in Blighty, interpret it as?

Thanks for replying. I understand why you dont want to do readings anymore. As you know, I'm quite into my Astrology but purely to aid my understanding of people. I have complete belief in readings of most forms, but I would never have a reading done for myself, or advise anyone close to me to have one. I dont want to know what might happen in the future and I dont think people should do. That is only an opinion mind, some people would love to know what happens to them. I dont want to. Life is what you make it, not what you've been told its going to be. You say you havent picked up any books on the subject since the death of your mother. I'm sure you know that reading didnt cause the death of your mother. It simply foretold it. You seem to want to avoid continuing to learn more about these subjects because of the association it has for you, yet you obviously have a strong belief and great knowledge in this area because of your honest whole-hearted post on this thread. Read your books and read more books. Just dont do readings. They dont help anyone. BTW, can I ask you which book contains the aspects of the signs? I am incredibly fascinated by these! I am a Libra (dont tell anyone). Can you tell me some of my aspects?

This is now officially the Taffmeister's stupid question thread. I've got another stupid question. I know, I know, I'm sorry. In the top right of my posts I think there used to be a pic of scales. Its now turned into a yinyang karma thingy (which is cool cos I've a flaming yinyang design tattoed on my arm). What does all this mean? Why and how did it change? What repercussions will there be? And what will be left of them? I feel like Johnny 5. I'm learning all the time.

Wow! I havent heard of that. I'm intrigued to the max! What do these aspects mean/represent? What are these tests? I'd love to ask you what the three aspects for each sign are, but I realise thats probably a hell of a lot of typing. Are they related in any way to power animals from shamanistic beliefs? Tell me more! I'm sorry to hear about your Mum. Were you doing a reading of your own birth chart? You seem to know a lot more about the subject than me so please forgive my ignorance. I have always thought of astrology as a good guide to the way people work, and at the very most, a very rough predictiveness (see above about attributes). I have never heard of astrology alone predicting such a specific event in the future. Could it maybe have been other exterior factors giving you this message? Maybe from the more spiritual side of things? I dont mean to patronise or doubt you at all, especially with such an intensly sensitive subject, but I'm really interested in how it happened, and hopefully learn things I never even knew about from you.

I was asking for that, wasnt I?

You are completely right. You have summed me up pretty damn well. Thank you for taking the time to post it all. You are very perceptive. One of the greatest things someone can do for me is show they understand me, whether its good or bad. Can I ask favour? I love talking to people and really want to post loads of stuff. But I'll be honest, and I know it sounds a bit crap, and probably not what I should be saying on here, but I dont really have much opinion on much of the stuff posted on here! I am interested in whats going on the world, and one opinion I do have is that Bush needs a stab in the you know what, but I to be honest, I dont really care. Let everyone get on with whatever they're doing, wherever they're doing it. I know thats a bit crap and you probably think I'm a spineless wanker, but I'm telling you the truth. I hope I've proved I can hold my own when it comes down to it, I really live for a good old convo, I'm so bored of fucking grey people who's epitomy of spine-tingling tantalising conversation is in fact idle fucking chit chat. My real passion is people, as I've said before and I love discussing anything to do with real people at a human level. I think I've analyzed just about everything to do with people, and whether its just interacting with someone having a jolly good chinwag, or chewing over the pro's and con's of human nature, its that sort of thing that keeps me ticking over. I guess instead of giving my opinion and getting involved in the substance of matter at hand, I prefer to observe and discuss the very nature of the transaction. Does that make sense? Therefore, my favour I ask of you is this. How can I get involved on this message board? Have you any tips I could follow? What can I do now to further myself in the world of debate forums?

Hang on! I thought I was the one who pissed on proper debate and release some sort hellish statement that basically said "I'm bored of everything you lot are talking about, have an injection of crunch!". God! I can see how fucking annoying I was/possibly still am. Enter the arena of beef with something decent to say or be banished to a land where shiny beef nuggets arent polished with such vigour. I feel I've become some sort of hybrid between my former shit speaking self (which I do still love), and my newly found side of sensible intellectual debator extraordinaire! Much as I'd love to continue with the beef nuggetry, I think we should all return to the scorchingly intense intensity of the exchange of views above! It was just about to get good! Bring it on!!!!

Its not a "gift". Don't patronise me. It's an observation. I enjoy interacting with people and what I've said above is simply one interpretation of people's behaviour patterns. I thought this forum was a place for people to exercise intelligent debate, not for someone to project their own insecurities upon others. It's unusual for a Scorpio to feel inferior, let alone feel the need to patronise. It's ironic really, because I said I love Scorpio's. The main reason being is you can have a real, in depth conversation with them, devoid of human nature's weaknesses, and entirely objective. You change all that, and in a sick twist of fate, destroy everything I know about astrology. In fact, I'm rapidly thinking this whole starsign thing is a crock. But then in a clever sort of way, thats exactly the sort of thing a Scorpio would do.....

Haha! Yes, I completely agree with on daily horoscopes. They are shit. Some of them might be right, I believe in astrology after all, but even I cant find one that isnt a load of shit. Or rather, absolutly correct. What am I talking about? Attributes. Thats what I'm talking about and its the strongest sceptical arguement against astrology. For example... "Scorpio - Today you feel closer to a loved one and you are fortunate with money. Someone whose name begins with "J" plays a special role". Imagine I read that in the paper, but mistakenly read the wrong starsign. Whether I was Scorpio or not, I might have been bought a drink at lunch from my workmate Jim, and come home to a big kiss. My god, I might have said. My stars today were spot on! Anyone can attribute such scant details to themselves. Your right. That side of it is complete rubbish. I'm more interested in the people side of it. But sceptics can still apply the above. Anyone can say "I'm a typical Aries, headstrong, succesfull, alpha male etc.". Because thats want people want to believe. HOWEVER, my argument is this, which usually leave most sceptics slightly diminished. Not to say they believe in it, they still refuse, but they have less of an argument. After talking to a complete stranger for about 5 minutes, I can usually predict their starsign with a high degree of success. I have demonstrated this, usually out and about and quite pissed, many times. In fact, its the first thing I do when meeting people anyway. Work out the odds for yourself. BTW, I love Scorpio's. I find them the most rewarding people to get to know. I enjoy the huge challenge of getting them to open up to me and relax. They are absurdly silly at times, yet are the most enriching conversationalist, expressing their views with an admirable passion.

BTW, I love Scorpio's.

I'm trying! Have you read my thread " Catchy Thread Title"? Does that stir up any opinions? Is that what I'm supposed to do? I'm trying to kick up a debate and I know a bit about that subject, so I'm welcome to any views, and ready to take them on! Hopefully I can prove myself here!

Right. I've got another stupid question. I've been reading through various documentation in relation to the usage of this site and I have learnt much. However, there are loads of cool things I want to do that only "Premium" and "Legacy" members can do. I know its probably staring (I said staring) me in the face, but how do you become one of the above?

Sorry for being so cheesy. I cant fucking win can I? An experienced message board user has just given me a tip. "Its not all about me." Maybe thats what I'm missing....

Have I drawn you in? I couldnt think of anything more interesting to call it, to be be honest. But anyway, I want to talk to you about Astrology. I am fascinated by astology. I like to think of myself as a bit of an amateur psychologist. I'm fascinated by people, the way the work, the way they react to other people, why some people are more tolerant than others, why some people seem "wiser" than others and why some people behave younger than their years. Its quite an eclectic mix of clinical psychology (NLP, hypnotherapy, gestalt therapy etc.), spirituality (struggle for power, aura's, energy tranference, age of souls etc.), and astology. If anyone has any opinions on anything mentioned above as well, please post below. I'd be interested. But back to the point. Astrology. I'm not some sort of weird hippy druid, dancing naked around some sort of god knows what. But I am convinced, through my own scientifically based experience, that people tend to fall into the zodiacal signs. Dont get me wrong, I am thoroughly against textbook labelling of people. Everyone is individual. But for example, I have noticed that people of their particular group tend to gravitate towards their own. Have a look below... Air - Gemini, Libra, Aquarius. Earth - Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn. Water - Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces. Fire - Aries, Leo, Sagittarius . Which one are you? Which one is your partner? Which one is your closest friend? Which one do you get on with best? What do you reckon?